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John-Paul Shiver

John-Paul Shiver
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John-Paul Shiver has been contributing to 48 Hills since 2019. His work as an experienced music journalist and pop culture commentator has appeared in the Wire, Resident Advisor, SF Weekly, Bandcamp Daily, PulpLab, AFROPUNK, and Drowned In Sound.

Under the Stars: We’re calling it for Kabwasa, thrilling to Touching Bass, more

L'Rain's brilliant sound, Destroy Boys come to rock, Ash Lauryn's history of techno, Elbow Grease comes to play—new music!

Need a tune boost? Hum along to foamboy’s new ‘Not a Go’

Blissfully funky single from Portland duo may describe 'flirtationship' frustrations, but you'll be bopping all the same

Under the Stars: It’s insufficient to call Kaidi Tatham ‘the UK’s Herbie Hancock,’ more

Papercuts' jangly mojo, Lucky Sun's uplifting essence, Byron the Aquarius comes through, Foamboy and Oakland Weekender rundowns

Los Bitchos live: Let the festivities begin, indeed

The international quintet brought their buoyant outernational sound to adoring fans at the Chapel

Anteloper’s ‘Pink Dolphins’ grasps the tone of a country in disarray, via jazz energy

Trumpeter jaimie branch's horn screams over the kind of unpredictable rhythms with which we're all learning to live.

Under the Stars: Makaya McCraven goes orchestral, Jimetta Rose’s community choir…

Plus: Farsight's excellent broken-funky "Triangulation," Mars Volta live, more new music to put on your playlist

Under the Stars: STR4TA honors Black British sound, Guild Theatre opens wide…

Plus: Foamboy at Popscene, new Dry Cleaning, Marta Sanchez's punctuated rhythms, hip-hop royalty at Independent, more

Oakland Weekender readies 3 nights of Bay indie-pop community feels

Coming to Oakland's Golden Bull, 'a magnetic scene of like-minded artists who instead of being competitive, are supportive and encouraging.'

Under the Stars: For Juneteenth, support Black justice while expanding your musical horizons

A Friday fundraiser for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund: Score new tunes from rRoxymore, Fulu Kolektiv, Shawn Pittman, more

Monophonics’ retro-soul ‘Sage Motel’ just won’t let you check out

The Bay-based band has been making deep, cinematic jams for more than a decade. Its latest album smelts a new alchemy.